The monthly rate is raising by a dollar to $10 for the average single-family home, and the consumption rate is going up 20 cents to $2.67 for every 100 cubic foot of water consumed.

The increase could mean an extra $19.20 per year for a Beaverton family, which uses about 800 cubic feet of water a month.

The bump in fees contribute to $10 million budgeted in revenue for the water fund, according to staff reports. The money pays for operating expenses and $2.2 million in maintenance projects for water, sewer and storm lines.

At the meeting, City Councilor Catherine Arnold explained that the city needed to raise rates to keep up the maintenance and because the city had less revenue from wet, cold summers.